Welcome to Spartan Mind, the newest addition to the Spartan Up Podcast family.

I'm Dr. L. Spartan's chief Mindoc.

I'm going to be here each Wednesday bringing you back to the couch

to toughen up your mind to get you super uncomfortable, working you through a little internal barbed wire so that you can increase your physical execution and your performance in life.

So keep listening to the Spartan Up podcast that you're used to on Tuesdays.

You'll find me here on Wednesdays and Spartan Way habits on Thursdays.

Now that's a trifecta. factor.

All right Spartans, today we're talking about readiness.

Readiness is really just the state of being prepared at any given time. The thing about readiness is

that there are two key elements. The first is my capacity for change. The second

is your willingness to try.

We all have stories in our head about those two things

specifically as it relates to being ready.

And if those stories are actually negative, they can create barriers to us being ready.

So for example, you might have the story in your head that you don't really do well with change.

Well, then if a new obstacle comes up on the question, that you don't really do well with change.

Well, then if a new obstacle comes up on the course or something new presents itself in life,

you're going to go at it from that perspective, that you don't do well with that,

which is inherently going to become a barrier to you being

ready. So it's important to shift your mindset on that and it could easily shift from, I don't

do well with change, too, I don't really like change, but I can manage it.

And that's a much better reframe in order for you to actually become available to the challenge that's ahead of you.

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